Improvement in physicians  prescription-cases



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

N. S HAMLIN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURL IMPROVEMENT IN PHYSICIANSPRESCRIPTION-CASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 36,7!0, dated October2l, 1862.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, N. S. HAMLIN, of St. Louis, in the county of St.Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and 11u provedPhysicians Prescription Gase; and Ido hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, inwhichv Figure 1 represents a planor top view of my case when the same isspread open. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the case when folded up orclosed. Y

Similar letters of reference in both views indicate corresponding parts.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation, with reference tothe drawings.

The case A is made of a piece of enameled leather or other suitabletlexible material capable of being folded up in the manner hereinafterdescribed. Said piece of leather or other material is cut out with threewings or tlaps, a

b c, as clearly shown in Fig. l of the draw' ings, and each wing isprovided with a series ceive the receptacles ot' such drugs or medicinesas are generally usedby physicians or surgeons, particularly in thearmy. The middle portion or body of the case Ais alsoprovided with tworows of pockets. g g, similar to the pockets d ef, and intended forthesame purpose.

The receptacles h are .either made of tine cotton cloth, secured bySpaldings glue or other suitable cement, and varnished with shellac, orthey may be made of rubber cloth, or thin flat metallic eases might beused for holding liquids, if it should be desirable. Each pocket orreceptacle may also be labeled, so

length that they meet in the middle of said i body, and that they can besecured together by hooks and eyes or other suitable fastening. The bodyof the case is now doubled up, and the middle wing, c', is wrappedaround it, giving to the whole ease the appearance of a well-filledpocketbook, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The whole case may beheld-together by an elastic band, t'. or in any other suitable manner.When folded up,the case can be conveniently carried in the pocket, andthe drugs and other substances contained in the same are perfectlyprotected.

By the use of one of my cases a physician or surgeon is enabled to carrywith him those drugs and medicines which he is most likely to be in needot', and such a case is of particular advantage for army-surgeons,enabling them to afford timely relief in many cases where a short delaywould prove fatal.

Two large pockets may be added under the small ones in the body of thecase,for the purpose of carrying papers to be used in prescribing. l

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent as a new article of manufacture, 1s-

The case A, consisting of three wings and a middle portion, eachprovided with pockets d, @,f, g, and g', arranged in the manner and Vforthe purpose set forth.

) N. S. HAMLlN.

Witnesses:

A. FORD, A. R. HOWELL.

